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APPLICATION FILED MAR-b1916- 1,205,315. 3. Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

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/5 ll /5' O EPIC CHARLES E. ZIM, OF LUZERNE, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Application filed March 1, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. ZIM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Luzerne, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved toy, which I call the ringling squawkerj? the object of the invention being to provide an improved device of this kind which produces rattling and ringing sounds, and which embodies a revolubly mounted star wheel, spring tongues engaging and operated by the star wheel and bells mounted on and moved by the spring tongues so that rattling and ringing sounds are simultaneously produced.

The invention consists in the features of construction, combination, and arrangement of devices, hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section of a toy constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail transverse sectional view of the same.

In the embodiment of my invention, I provide a base 1 which is preferably made of wood and is formed with a handle 2 at one end. The upper side of the base is hollow as at 3 and is covered by a metal or other suitable plate 4 which forms a sounding board and the sides of which are here shown as down-turned and secured to opposite sides of the base. Standards 5 rise from the plate near its ends and are also preferably made of sheet metal formed with channels 6 in their opposing sides so that each standard has an outer wall 7 and side walls 8.

A pair of standards 9 rise from the plate at points mid-way between the standards 5 and said standards 9 are suitably spaced apart. Each standard 9 is preferably made of sheet metal with a channel 10 in the outer side. A shaft 11 is mounted for rotation in bearing openings near the upper ends of the standards 9. Said shaft is formed with a crank 12 at one end whereby it may be rotated and is provided at a point between the standards 9 with a star wheel 13.

Sheet metal side and brace plates 14 are formed at their ends with hooks 15 which Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

Serial No. 81,480.

engage in slots 16 in the side walls 18 of the standards 5. Said plates 14 bear against the outer edges of the standards 9 and each of the said plates is provided at its upper side with an inturned flange 17 which has slots 18 that receive the side walls 19 of said standards 9. The said brace and side plates thus serve to strengthen and brace the end standards 5 and also the bearing standards 9. I also provide a pair of springs 20, each of which passes through a slot 21, near one end of the plate 4 and has an out-turned end 22, which bears under said plate. Each spring passes over one of the end standards 5 and is formed with an inwardly extending tongue 23 which engages the star wheel. The sides 8 of the end standards are formed at their upper ends with inturned flanges 24 which engage over opposite sides of the spring tongues, as shown and secure the spring tongues to said standards.

When the star wheel is rotated by turning the crank the radial arms of the star wheel move past the free ends of the spring tongues so that each spring tongue is bent in onewdirection, then released and its free end caused to strike against the next arm of the star wheel in succession, thus producing a loud rattling sound which is intensified by the plate 4 which vibrates as a sounding board.

Each spring tongue is provided with a bell 25 such as a sleigh bell, the bells being securely attached to the spring tongues and hence the vibration of the spring tongues causes the bells to be shaken, so that the toy produces not only rattling sounds but also ringing sounds as will be understood.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is:

In a device of the class described, a hollow base, a sounding board element thereon, a spring tongue mounted 011 the sounding board element, bearing elements on the sounding board element, and a revoluble star wheel mounted in said bearing elements and engagedby the free end of the spring tongue.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES E. ZIM.

Witnesses:

P. J. HAYDEN, J OHN ZIM, Sr.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

